Chapter 158: Happiness (1) (2/2)

Siegfried’s memorandums were posted all over the Republic For the past three years, Siegfried had been steadily preparing and he wasn’t planning on stepping back a single step froainst the Empire

It had been less than 10 years since the First Ideological Conflict had ended, but as looain The only reason the two forces, the Empire and the Republic, couldn’t immediately clash was that there was a third force — the Lester Kingdodom had destroyed the Hildes Republic in the previous war and devoured the western region of the fordonored When Grand Duke Forrest married the Princess of Florence Principality and united the two countries, he had even formed a military alliance with the country Even if the Florence Principality could only give 30,000 troops at most, that was still a lot After all, theindividually was very influential on the international coether with sodom’s troops were iion, for its fortress walls, reinforcing theto completely close off its borders Reminiscent of the Kobrook Republic’s past defense line, Duke Sean Palan was in charge of the current defense line The existence of Duke Palan, who had once pushed the Hildes Republic to ruin, couldn’t be ignored by the Republic

The public opinion within the Lester Kingdofried had planned to rile up the territory of the forion of the Lester Kingdoinally citizens of the Republic and wouldn’t easily accept the Royalty, he believed they would rebel if he fanned the fla, the Lester Kingdom had fully absorbed the North

First, a port was created in the western coastal area and gradually developed, then the Lester Kingdom used the port city as a base to take over the hearts of the entire Northern region Honestly, thefor the common people wasn't republicanism or monarchism; it was to eat well and live well In that sense, the quality of life in the Northern region was much better when compared to that of the Hildes Republic in the past Since doh, they didn’t have to ih price and as a result, the food prices fell And with the development of commerce, the price of daily necessities fell and prices stabilized Previously when they lived under the flag of the Hildes Republic, their couise of requisition, so now, the people were feeling the improvements down to their very bones

Of course, there were still some ere influenced by Republicanism, but they were the minority Now, if someone was to say, ‘Let’s spread Republicanism on this continent and build a paradise,’ that person will most likely be treated old-fashi+oned and obsolete Thanks to that, it was idodom had 200,000 elite troops In the confrontation between the Republic and the Eth to exist as a third force Naturally, both the Republic and the Edom to try and convince thedom not intervene since their peace treaty was still in effect while the Edoh the Eht one against one, they knew that asn’t a game If there was an easier way to win, it was only natural to try their best

However, the Lester Kingdoive an answer to either one of the countries Queen Leila and Milton both knew that the in is out to put the war off a bit longer But it was just procrastinating the inevitable; the ould soon begin

“At the very least, I hoped that thedeveloped finished before it starts”

Milton sighed in his office as he looked at the report delivered by a spy In it was news that s between the Ih they were only small-scale local battles, with the s war at anythrough the documents as well

“Too many of your military projects are absurd”

“Isn’t it harsh to call the with Queen Leila was coo In the past, he had used ato her co, he spoke to her respectfully with honorifics, but he usually talked to his wife casually In fact, this was so Queen Leila had asked him to do She said that it was unfair he would speak to her with a mixture of honorifics and informal words when he didn’t do that with his other tives Since then, he had been speaking candidly to her as long as it wasn’t an official setting

“You really don’t think so? A fighter weapon that soldiers could carry that could do both close and long range attacks? You really think that’s possible, Milton?”

Milton chuckled bitterly at Queen Leila’s scolding

“It’s called a gun, but well, I failed”

For the past couple of years, Milton had been trying to createabout it from the time he was the lord of the Forrest Estate Milton believed that if he could make modern weapons, it would most certainly be a powerful weapon in this world However, the only reason he hadn’t tried to create it then was because he thought it would go beyond violet and become a massacreIf possible, he had believed it would be better not to use a civilization’s cheat key and so had refrained

However, he had realized soical Conflict — this world was bound to shed blood With or without in, a war in which more than half of the population would die That’s why he had closed his eyes and started attehts would disappear, he still continued to try

Whether it was fortunate or not, the result was a failure He had a rough knowledge of firearh to create a firears The probleunpowder used to fire the bullets When he had asked Bianca, the smartest woman he knew, even she had been stumped In the end, the conclusion he came to was that it was iiven up on strengthening his th